Investing.com – India equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Capital Goods, Consumer Durables and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NSE, the Nifty 50 added 1.31% to hit a new 1-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 index added 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Nifty 50 were Ambuja Cements Ltd. (NS:ABUJ), which rose 4.46% or 9.90 points to trade at 231.95 at the close. UltraTech Cement Ltd (NS:ULTC) added 3.82% or 118.85 points to end at 3229.50 and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (NS:HLL) was up 3.69% or 31.30 points to 879.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asian Paints Ltd. (NS:ASPN), which lost 1.79% or 15.70 points to trade at 859.65 in late trade. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (NS:BHEL) declined 1.28% or 1.45 points to end at 111.95 and Lupin Ltd (NS:LUPN) shed 1.24% or 19.20 points to 1535.20.
The top performers on the BSE Sensex 30 were Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (BO:HLL) which rose 4.05% to 880.35, State Bank Of India (BO:SBI) which was up 2.93% to settle at 196.65 and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (BO:SUN) which gained 2.42% to close at 835.65.
The worst performers were Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BO:BHEL) which was down 1.24% to 111.95 in late trade, Hero MotoCorp Limited (BO:HROM) which lost 1.06% to settle at 2802.75 and Gail (India) Ltd. (BO:GAIL) which was down 0.58% to 362.05 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 871 to 547 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Bombay Stock Exchange, 548 rose and 259 declined, while 47 ended unchanged on the India National Stock Exchange.
The India Vix, which measures the implied volatility of Nifty 50 options, was down 0.31% to 16.3325 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for April delivery was down 0.67% or 8.40 to $1245.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.53% or 0.22 to hit $40.92 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.03 to trade at $41.23 a barrel.
USD/INR was up 0.18% to 66.500, while EUR/INR rose 0.19% to 74.9550.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.10.